KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Police Monday evening were awaiting autopsy results in the case of a city woman found dead at her home under what they said were suspicious circumstances.

Police said Anita Jacobs-Royer, 45, was found dead Sunday at her home at 56 Third Ave. at around 5 p.m.

Kingston Police Chief Egidio Tinti said they received a call from a family member who asked them to check on her welfare.

"Our officers arrived, went in, found her, and contacted the detectives. They felt the scene, the way it was, was suspicious," Tinti said.

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Police have termed it so because they were not able to determine the cause of death at the scene, the chief added.

Autopsy results were expected sometime Monday night, he said, adding that a plethora of people were working on the case.

"We have a forensics team at our headquarters, waiting to go over the results," he said.

Tinti said one piece of the puzzle was solved Monday afternoon when police found Jacobs-Royer's missing car, a 1998 Isuzu Trooper, in the Kingston area.

Earlier in the day, they asked for the public's help on Facebook to locate the car. Tinti said someone who saw the post contacted police.

The police chief would not elaborate on where the car was found or any other details about who may have taken it or how it may have gotten there.

The police chief said he was unsure who, if anyone, lived in the house with Jacobs-Royer, but he said he did not believe she had children.

She was the wife of Kingston school employee Scott Royer, the district confirmed earlier on Monday.

When asked what kinds of leads police were looking into and who they were interviewing, he said, "any and all people that are known to her are being questioned."

"The reality is we're looking for the bad guy," he said. "Realistically, we found her, but there was supposed to be a car there, and the car was missing. Now, that doesn't mean it's suspicious, but the way we found her and the condition we found her in ... we are treating this as if there's foul play involved until we can determine from the autopsy that it's not," he said.

Police are asking anyone with information on the case to call (845) 331-1671.

City police are also being assisted in the investigation by the state police, the Ulster County District Attorney's Office and the Ulster County Sheriff's Office.